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POETIC TERMSPOETIC TERMS
English IIIMr. Wallock
A reference to a A reference to a historical figure, place, historical figure, place,
or eventor event.
The teams competed in a
David and Goliath struggle.
A broad comparison between two basically different things
that have some points in common.
Aspirations toward space are
not new. Consider the
worm that becomes a butterfly.
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the
words “like” or “as”.
My love is like a red, red
rose.
An implied comparison between two basically different things. Is not
introduced with the words “like” or “as”.
His eyes were
daggers that cut right
through me.
A great exaggeration to emphasize strong
feeling.
I will love you until all the
seas go dry.
Human characteristics are given to non-human
animals, objects, or ideas.
My stereo walked
out of my car.
An absent person or inanimate object is directly spoken to as though they
were present.
Brutus: “Ceasar, now be still. I killed not thee with
half so good a will.”
A part stands for the whole or vice versa.
The hands that created
the work of art were
masterful.
Hints given to the reader of what is to
come.
“The stalwart hero was
doomed to suffer the destined end
of his days.”
The use of concrete details that appeal to the
five senses.
Cold, wet leaves floating
on moss-colored water.
A contrast between what is said and what is meant. Also, when things turn out different
than what is expected.
“The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, unbated and envenomed. The foul practice has
turned itself on me.” Laertes
The overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional
feeling of a work.
“It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times.”
A seemingly self-contradictory
statement that still is true.
The more we learn, the less
we know.
A series of events that present and resolve a
conflict. The story being told.
The plot of “The Most Dangerous Game” is
that Rainsford is being hunted by General
Zaroff.
The vantage point from which an author
presents the action in a work.
1st person-tale related by a character in the story. “I or me”
3rd person-story told by someone not participating in the plot. “he,
she, they”
The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
“He clasps the crag with crooked handsClose to the sun in
lonely lands”from “The Eagle”
The repetition of identical sounds within
a line of poetry.
“We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.”Or
“Hold infinity in the palm of your handAnd eternity in an hour.”
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not
quite identical.
“And on that cheek and o’er that brow”
A mind at peace with all below”
The time (both the time of day and period in history)
and place in which the action of a literary work
takes place.
“Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night”
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary
work.
“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”
The repetition of consonant sounds at
the beginnings of words.
“Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship”
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant.
“. . .that hoard, and sleep, and
feed, and know not me.”
The repetition of consonant sounds that
are preceded by different vowel sounds.
“Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews”
The use of words whose sounds suggest the
sounds made by objects or activities.
“Blind eyes could
blaze like meteors”
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or
scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an
idea.
“Do not go gentle into that good nightRage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
The main idea or underlying meaning
of a literary work.
“Don’t judge a man until
you’ve walked a mile in his shoes”
Comparing two very dissimilar things. Usually involves cleverness and
ingenuity.
“Our love is like parallel
lines”
This is also a simile.This is also a simile.
A term naming an object is substituted for another word
with which it is closely associated with.
“Only through the sweat of your brow can you
achieve success”
“Sweat” stands for hard work.“Sweat” stands for hard work.
A pair of rhymed verse lines that contain a complete thought.
“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.”